Valve and valve-disk-cutting machine.



No. 836,715. PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

v F. L. SMITH. Y v *A VALVE AND VALVE DISK CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED sBPT.14,1905.

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PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

I'. L. SMITH.

VALVE AND VALVE DISK CUTTING'MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.14.1905.

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F. L. SMITH. VALVE AND VALVE DISK CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1905.

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` IUNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK L. SMITH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 'l ALVA C. RICKSECKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS;

VALVE AND VALVE-DISK-CUTTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

y Patented Nov. 27., 1906.

Application filed September 14. 1905. Serial Np. 278.389.

T0 (LU whom, t Hefty concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Valve and Valve-Disk-Cuttin Machines,

of which the following is a speci cation, ref- 2 is an axial section of the same. Fig. 3 is a section at the line 3 3 on Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom side plan view of a leveling device for use with the machine and is a part thereof in certain processes. Fig. 5 is a section at the line 5 5 on Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation, partly sectional, showing the lower part of the machine and a valve-body mounted therein for dressing valve-seats, the valvebody being shown in' section axially with respect to the seats vertical section. Fig. 7 is a plan View of a leveling-carrier for a valvebody or other part to be mounted, as shown in Fig. 6. y Fig. 8 is a section at the line 8 8 on Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the toolhoider. Fig. 101s a section et the line 1o 10 on Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a detail plan of one corner of the upper platform. Fig. 12 is a detail section at the line 12 12 on Fig. 9. Fig. I3 is a detail section at the line 13 13 on Fig. 12.

This machine has a rigid frame comprising a base 1, legs or standards 2, erected upon the base, and an upper platform 3, mountedv adjustably as to height upon the legs 2. The base is constructed with four channels or ,guideways 4 for gripping-jaws 5, which are advanced and retracted radially with respect to the axis of the machine by feed-screws 6 in a manner fully shown in Figs. 2 and 3, familiar for such purposes and re uiring no specific description. Articles of simple form, such as the circular valve-disk 7, being lodged upon the center boss 4EL of the base are designed to be forced upward against any leveling device which may be carried by the toolholder, as hereinafter explained, by means of a plunger 8, mounted at the center of the base and connected with the lever 9 for thrusting it upwardly against the under side of the disk 7, a ratchet-bar 10 being mounted upon the side of the frame fon engagement with a tooth 9"L of the lever 9 to hold the disk firmly up against the leveling device while the clamping-j aws 5 are set up to engage it. The leveling device, as hereinafter explained, is adapted also to assist the operator in centering the disk, which will be done at the same time with the leveling.

For other forms of articles to be dressed, as a valve-body 12, (see Fi 6,) a carrier is preferably provided. Suc carrier 13 is shown in Fig. 7, being in form adapted to be lodged on the base between the four corner legs or standards of theiframe and having four radial openings 13, corresponding in position to the four channels 4 and adapted thereby to constitute paths for the jaws 5 in the adjustment of the latter to engage the work. The carrier 13 has four adjustable legs 13b, same being threaded and screwed through the carrier at four points suitable to adapt them to support it and adjust'it forl leveling, these four threaded legs being stepped upon the base, as seen in Fig. 6. The center or hub 13c of the carrier has at the under side a hemispherical socket or recess 13d, adapted to seat the upper end of the thrust-rod 8, so that the handle 9, operating the thrust-rod, may uplift the carrier and any work lodged thereon, as the valve-body 12, to force the face to be dressed, as the valveseat 12a, up against any leveling device,` and when said face is thus leveled, the threaded legs 13b being severally screwed down to the bearing upon the base, the carrier is denitely iixed in position for holding the surface to be dressed in the proper plane. The work may be centered on the carrier at the same time, and while it is still held firmly against the leveling device by the engagement of the handle-tooth 9a with the ratchet 10 the jaws 5 willbe set up for engaging the work.

The platform 3 has a central opening..

through which extends a hanger 14, in which the vertical tool-operating shaft is j ournaled, said hanger having a iiange 14a for stop ing at the upper sideof the platform, and) b means of which it is secured to the latter by bolts 14h. Below the platform within the space defined by the legs or standards 2 the hanger is reduced in diameter and forms a IOO bearing 14, throu h which extends a long sleeve 15. At the ower end of the bearing 14c it is reduced i-ndiamcter and split soy that it may be contracted about the sleeve, and a clamping-collar 14d is applied to the reduced portion to thus contract it and cause it tol grip the sleeve to hold the latter at any position to which it may be ad'usted longitudivnally'inthe bearing. This s eeve constitutes verselywith respect to the tool-operating t slidin shaft 16, and pivotally mounted on the screw-shaft at the end of the bar 21 there is a pawl-lever 19a, having a pawlv 19, which engages a ratchet-Wheel 19h, fast on the screwshaft. The fin er 18 encounters the pawlleverv 198L in cac revolution of the shaft 16 and actuates the screw-shaft 20 for advancing rthe tool a distance dependent on the adjustment-ofthe finger-18. Aspr-in- 19d operates to retract the pawllever, suc retracting movement being stopped by a pin 1-9", projecting from the edge of the bar 2-1, for which a segmental recess 191r is made in the mar in ofthe hub portion ofthe lever 19a.

Tle tool-holder consists of the bar 21, having a parallel side aperture21a extending nearly from end to end of the bar. In this aperture the tool-block 22 is vguided for lon itudi-nally of thev bar, being retai-ne by t e retainmg-plate 22a and o erated for sliding b the screw-shaft4 201, W ich is journalled in t e ends of the bar 21 and longitudinally stopped by the ratchet-Wheel 19b at one end and by a cotter-pi-n-and Washer 19 at the other end and Which is screwed through the tool-block. The tool 25 has its shank set through the block-22, blocked and secured by a set-screw 26, holding the cutting end of the tool at the work. The tool-holder ar 21 is secured on the shaft 16 by means of a head 27, which has two threaded holes 27, at either ofwhichbe screwed onto the reduced and it ma 4threadTed end of said shaft, and the bar ismade further adjustable with respect to the head by being secured thereto by bolts 27", which take throu h longitudinal slots 27a in the head, as may e clearly understood from Figs. 9 and 1Q.

For rotating the spindle 16- two means arerovided, one adapted to be o erated by land and the other by oWer. he poweroperated means comprises. a bevel-gear 40, which is mounted on the s indle above the hanger 14, having aspline or ey 40J engaging a longitudinal channel or key-seat 16a on the roper angle for thespindle. i' Mounted upon the top of the hanger 14 isa bracket 42, in which and in a bracket 43 ,rigid-with the platform 3 there is journaled a sha t 44, a-t the-inner end of which 1s a bevela pinion 45, meshing with and driving the gear 40'.' Power may be communicated to the shaft 44 by a belt over the pulley 46, fast on vthe shaft, a loose pulley 47 being. provided for the usual pu ose alongside the pulley 46 on the shaft. T e bracket 42 has a hub or bearing 42, through which the spindle lv16 eX- tends, a bearing for the Spindle being provided in the bracket at' this pointA by means of the threaded sleeve 48, which is screwed through the head of the bracket 42. The s indle is stopped longitudinally on this s eeve 48 by means of stop collars 49 49 above and below the sleeve, andin order4 to lpermit the spindle to be quickly adjusted on itudinally through this threaded sleeve an v secured' against longitudinal movement at adjusted osition a key 50, having heads 50a andshou ders 50h adapted to the key-seat 16a of the spindle, isro-vid'ed for insertion through the sleeve be ore the spindle is inserted therethrough, having its shoulders 50D stopped against the respective ends of the sleeve and the heads50a stopped, respectively, above and below the stop-collars 49, the sto collars being channeled to the depth of t e shoulders 50h to aiordseats for4 the key from the shoulders tothevl heads, respectively, the set-screws 51" of the collars being arranged to impinge u on the key to force iti-n-to the seat 16a for c ampi'ng-both the collars and the keys' tothe spindle, theI set-screws being relaxed to permit thespindle to slide lon 'tudinally through the sleeve, inwhieh at' al' "times it is free to rotate. end-of the spindle- 16-may be used to rotate it by hand w en the work does not require more power thanv cou-ld be thus provided.- For advancing the tool or work, whichever may be carried on-the spindle 16 as the work is fperformed, thethreaded sleeve 48 is provi 'ed with a -ange 53, having sockets 53a for a Spanner-Wrench (not shown) or a lever- 'handle 54. T'oprevent the rotation of the sleeve by mere friction of the spindle 16 therein, a block 55, having its face threaded, is lodged in the sleeve, and a clamp-screw 56 is provided for o erating against the back side of it to crow its threaded face against the thread of the sleeveto hold the latter firmly.

For the purpose of leveling the face of the work-that is, adjusting it at right anglesto the axis of rotation of the tool-the entire tool-holder, including the head 27, is unscrewed from the shaft 16 and in its place there is attached a leveling device, which will now be described. lt comprisesv a disk 30, having a stem 31 bored and interiorly threaded for attachment to the threaded end of the 4shaft 16, and being also exteriorly' A handle 52 at theupper- IXO ris

threaded for a jam-nut 32 adapted to be set up against a diskl 34, pivotally mounted at the center on the stem 31. The disk 34 has three radial channels 33 33 33 on the face toward the disk 30, and to the lowerface of the latter disk there are pivoted three arms 35 35 35 adapted to swing over the face, and concentric with the pivots of said arms said disk 30 has three segmental slots 36 36 36. The arms 35 have leach a rigid stud 37 projecting through one of the slots 36 and 1nto one of the radial slots 33 in the disk 34. It will be seen that the movement of any one ofthe arms 35 about its pivot to the face of the disk 30 will cause the latter disk to turn about the stem 31, thus giving each of the other arms 35 movement similar to that of the other arm, from which the movement ori ginates, so that the three arms 35 at all times sustain like relations to the respective radial slots 33, with which they are engaged by their studs 37. Each of said arms 35 has a stud 39 projecting from the side remote from the disks, all said studs being of the same length and being located at the same distance from the pivots of the arms to the disk 30, and said arms being adjusted-so as to brin the studs 39 within the area of the face to e dressed. The work being advanced up against these studs by the thrust-rod 8 is caused to assume a position with that face in proper lane-at right angles to the axis of the sha t 16-for being operated upon by the tool which may afterward be substituted on said shaft for the leveling de vice described. The location of the studs 39 all at the same distance from the pivots of the respective arms causes them to be located at equal distances also from the axis of the shaft, so that at any position to which the arms may be adjusted these studs define a circle about the axis, affording coilvenient means by which the work may not only be leveled, but also may be centered with sufficient accuracy.

In Fig. 5 the arms 35 are shown with an extension-piece 35t for lengthening them for extra large work. For work oflesser diameter these extensions may be removed. When they are used, each of them is secured by a screw 41 to the principal arm and is engaged by the stud 39, for which an aperture is made at the proper place on the extensionpiece, a corresponding stud 39 being provided on the said extension-piece 35, as shown.

The lugs 2 2 2 2 are preferably cylindrical, as illustrated, and extend up through the platform 3, below which they are provided with stop-collars 2, provided with set-screws 2b for securing them at adjusted position on the legs, and the legs are similarly graduated, as seen at 2d, so that the stop-collars may be adjusted to the same height on all the legs. For making the platform 3 fast and suitably rigid with the legs at any position to which it may be adjusted said table has lugs 3b, projecting radially with respect to each of the apertures through which the legs 2 extend, said lugs being split,=the split extending into said apertures and provided with clamping-bolts 3", by means of which the apertures may be contracted to cause the p atform to g r`ip the legs firmly. This construction ma es it possible to adjust the rotatable tool or Work holder and all the means for rotating it down very near to the working position, so as to avoid` the necessity of protruding the rotating shaft from its bearings, thus avoiding the inconvenience and defective operation which is liable to result from the springing of the shaft when it is protruded too far from its bearings. For a similar purpose and adapted to be employed under some conditions which do not admit of the adjustment of the platform on the legs, as above described, the sleeve 15, above described, is provided with the construction which adapts it to be protruded from the bearing 14c to reinforce the shaft 16 when the latter is necessarily protruded considerably from the end of said bearing. These two methods of effecting the same general purpose or preventing the springing of the spindle have each their appropriate use in'the different sorts of work to which the machine is adapted.

I claim-i 1. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a frame comprising a base for supporting the work, tool-operating devices overhanging the Work-support and comprising a vertical rotatable shaft for driving the tool a leveling device adapted to be carried by the shaft having its levelingpoints facing downward; work-holding jaws mounted on the base; a plunger mounted for thrusting up through the base within the jaws for lifting the work against theleveling devices, and means for operating the plunger.

2. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a base, work-holding jaws mounted on the base; a Work-carrier adapted for supporting the work within. the jaws a plunger mounted for thrusting up through the base against the under side of the work-carrier for lifting the latter and the Work thereon, the carrier having a plurality of supports on the base independently adj ustablefvertically, and means for operating the plunger.

3. In a machine for the purpose indicated, iin-combination with a base for supporting IOO the work, work-holding jaws mounted on the base; a plunger mounted for thrusting up through. the base against the under side of the Work, and means for operating the plunger. I

4. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with the frame having a base for supporting the work; devices adapted for in combination with a vertical ly-lnou'nted rotating tool-operating shaft a eveling device interchangeable with the tool-holder on said shaft; a base having radial channeled ribs and a central hub or boss adapted for supporting the work under said device; work-holding jaws mounted for movement in the channels of said ribs for engaging the work; a thrustrod mounted for vertical movement through said central hub or boss for encountering the under side of the work to lift the same against the leveling device, and means for operating such thru st-rod.

6. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a base having upwardlyprojecting radial channeled ribs, a work-carrier having radial apertures corresponding in position to the ribs of the 'base and having vertically-adjustable feet stepped on the base in the angles between the ribs; work-gripping jaws in the channels of the 'ribs protruding up through the apertures in the carrier and means for operating them to grip the work lodged on the latter; a thrust-rod mounted for vertical movement throughthe base at the center adapted to impin e upon the under side of the carrier for li ting the latter, and means for operating the thrust-rod to lift the carrier and the work thereon.

7. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with the base and means thereon for carrying the work, means for lifting the work adapted to permit the work to tilt over it in any direction; a leveling device and means for carrying it above the work, and means on the base for gripping the work adapted to be operated for so gri ping it after the work is lifted against the leveling device.

8. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination lwith a base, a carrier mounted thereon for supporting the work; means for lifting the carrier at the center adapted to permit it to tilt in any direction over said lifting means; a leveling device and means for carrying it in position overhanging the work, and gripping-jaws mounted on the base and extending through the carrier and means for operating them to grip the work after the latter is advanced upwardly against the leveling device.

9. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a base and means for supporting and securin the work thereon, a platform overhanging t e base; tool-operating devices mounted on such platform comprlsing a vertical bearing, a sleeve longitudinally adjustable through such bearing,` means for releasably securing the sleeve at adjusted position in the bearing, journaled in the sleeve ada ted for carryin a tool at the lower end o the sleeve, an means above the sleeve for rotating said shaft.

10. In a machine for the purpose indicated,

in combination with a base and means for` supporting and securing the work thereon; a platform overhanging the base; tool-operatlng devices mounted on such platform comprising a vertical bearing; a sleeve longitudinally adjustable through such bearing; means for releasably securing the sleeve at adjusted position in said bearing; a tool-operating shaft a tool-operating shaft" I journaled in the slee e and means above said v sleeve for rotating it; a tool-holder secured to the lower end of the shaft; a dog mounted in the sleeve and projecting in the ath of rotation of the tool-holder,l and too -feeding devices on the tool-holder adapted to be encountered by said dog once in each rotation of the shaft. f

11. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a chuck, a bearing rigid therewith; a sleeve j ournaled and longitudinally adjustable in such bearing; means for releasably clamping the sleeve in the bearing; a rotatable spindle and means for rotating it journaled in the sleeve and protruding therefrom at both ends; a second sleeve journaled and longitudinally stopped on the spindle, and a bearing fixed with respect to the chuck through which said second sleeve is screwed. n

12. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a rotating spindle, a sleeve in which it is journaled, and a fixed support through which the sleeve is screwed, the spindle having a longitudinal key-seat; stop-collars on the spindle at o posite ends of the sleeve; a key fitting the ey-seat and having shoulders by which it is longitudinally stopped on the sleeve, and heads by which it is longitudinally stopped at opposite sides of the stop-collars respectively, and setscrews in the stop-collars operating on the key for forcing it into the key-seat.

13. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a base and means for supporting and securing the work thereon, a platform overhanging the base and vtool-operating devices mounted on the platform comprising a vertical bearing and a tool-spindle journaled therein protruding therethrough toward the worksupport, themeans for supporting the platform above the base consisting of legs or standards upstanding from the base and protruding through the platform; adjustable stops on the legs or standards respectively below the platform, and means for making the platform rigid with the le s.

gi4. In a machine for the purpose indicated, in combination with a base for supporting IOO IIO

the Work, a platform for supporting the tooloperating devices, the legs or standards projecting upward from the base and extending through the platform', the platform beingy slotted or s lit from the apertures through which said egs respectively protrude to the edge, and means for drawing the split portions together to clamp the platform to the egs.

15. In a machine for the purpose indicated,

in combination with a base for lsup orting the Work, a platform for supporting tlie tooloperating devices; graduated legs or standy ards projecting up from the base, the platf form having split bearings through which said legs project; stop-collars on the legs be- 10W the platform, and means for securing them at adjusted position on the graduated legs, and means-for clamping the split bear in s upon the legs.

n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two Witnesses, at Chicago, Illinois, this 6th day of September,

l FRANK L. SMITH. In presence ofv J. S. ABBOTT, L. M. SMITH. 

